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On The Way again
May 25, 2023
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: The 2010 movie 'The Way', with Martin Sheen, about pilgrims on the Camino has been re-released. It's as fresh and poignant as ever.
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Watching ‘Belfast’ in Belfast
February 9, 2022
BRENDAN McMANUS :: Kenneth Branagh's film 'Belfast' has much to recommend it, but it does not illuminate much with regard to the Troubles.
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The Devil wears Prada: an Ignatian perspective
November 15, 2019
BRENDAN McMANUS :: The promise of glamour and prestige in the ruthless fashion industry brings the protagonist to an 'Ignatian moment' of facing the truth and making a choice
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Three chords and the truth
October 9, 2019
BRENDAN McMANUS :: A review of 'Wild Rose', the 'redemption story' of a country music singer.
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Film review: Blinded by the light
September 9, 2019
BRENDAN McMANUS :: Review of 'Blinded by the light', a gem of a movie in which Javed, a Pakistani boy growing up in Thatcher's Britain, turns for meaning to the...
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Review of Spotlight
March 24, 2016
Best Oscar this year went to 'Spotlight', the story of the Boston Globe's investigation into child sex-abuse in the Church in Boston. Brendan Staunton SJ reviews it here.
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REVIEW: The Avengers: Age of Ultron
May 6, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This recent release is an entertaining, worthy successor to the Marvel Avenger movies that have preceded it
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Review: Cinderella
April 2, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This version of Cinderella is one of great charm, a pleasure to watch, entertaining and often funny, with some...
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Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
March 20, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This sequel to the very successful 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2011) is just as charming as the original. It...
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Walk, love, pray
December 12, 2024 - The Way is love, says mental health care professional Prof JIm Lucy in his sermon at Christchurch Cathedral preached after a 'buen camino'.
Searching for Home this Christmas
December 12, 2024 - Dr. Kevin Hargaden's critique of the televised debate on housing that took place during the recent General Election still needs to be read.
Film on the life of a Jesuit Zen Master
December 9, 2024 - A film on the life of Irish-American Jesuit Robert Kennedy who is also a Zen Buddhist Master will be shown in the IFI Dublin, Sunday 15 December.
Celtic Christmas
December 9, 2024 - Author and spiritual guide Dolores Whelan reflects on the winter solstice with Miriam Gormally in this episode from the RNN archive.
Latest Podcasts
Hope and Fear in Syria
December 9, 2024
Her bags are packed
December 9, 2024
Hope and hanging in there
December 9, 2024
Dilexit Nos – ‘He Loved Us’
November 30, 2024
Latest Videos
The Pope Video: For pilgrims of Hope
December 12, 2024
The Pope Video: For those who have lost a child
November 5, 2024
Care, consult and be co-responsible
October 2, 2024
The Pope Video: For the cry of the Earth
September 2, 2024
Latest Books
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023
Messenger book: ‘Shaping the Assembly’
June 13, 2023
